Category Archives: was the attention worth it

Looks like homie re-injured his knee, and reports are saying that he’ll have surgery later this week. Wayne is able to carry on the show quite gracefully we see. That was kinda dumb of him to be prancin’ around on a hurt ACL anyway. Hope he recovers alright tho.

A lot of new comers need to pay close attention to this song, it’s just the pure truth to me. A lot of ya’ll incomplete gangstas funny to me. Most likely you aren’t thorough at anything, just a loser in general, stop risking your freedom with that fakeness. Listen up::

Wow, smart move on Vlad’s part. No need of sensless retaliation (violence)… Hit ‘em the pockets!! Damn Ross, this ain’t the movies dawg, bosses ain’t present when the goons go to work doctor…. Ya’ll could do that when you were a CO, but you’re out here in public where the lawsuits aren’t ignored by the system (like they do prisoners).

According to Vlad, the beating was due to his coverage on Vladtv.com of reports that Ross previously worked as a correction officer.

The attack has left Vlad with 7 stitches below the eye, three fractures to the face, a corneal abrasion and possible permanent nerve damage.

The court documents also claim that Ross sent text messages to Vlad that preceded that attack.

“N*ggas will learn…trillaaa,” Ross is alleged to have sent to Vlad. “I’m hearing things about me on your website. We gonna make a story. We gonna see each other. We going to talk. Where are you?”

In the lawsuit, DJ Vlad states he thought the purpose of the meeting was to give Ross the chance to tell his side in an exclusive story.

After a brief conversation, Vlad charges that the Miami rapper bluntly stated “we got beef” and “Ross’ accomplices, who had surrounded DJ Vlad while he spoke with Ross, proceeded to strike and beat DJ Vlad in Ross’ presence and without any protest on Ross’ part.”

Rick Ross’ latest album Trilla was released in March and has sold over 600,000 copies.

DJ Vlad currently runs the news site Vladtv.com out of New York City which provides interviews and information on Hip-Hop artists.

At press time Rick Ross could not be reached for comment on the lawsuit, which seeks $2 million dollars in punitive damages and and $2 million in compensatory damages.

DJ Vlad is wrapping up an episode of American Gangster about Mac Dre and the notorious Romper Room Gang.

This is an interesting interview, and I’m hanging it up on this subject. Can’t beat a dead horse, and the verdict is still out on the guy’s career, so I won’t kick him when he’s down.

from sohh.com:

He professes to be “realer than the fake” but after images and documents surfaced on the net confirming his past as a correctional officer, Rick Ross’ authenticity has been challenged. While he’s repeatedly denied ever working as a C.O.; SOHH caught up with a few industry insiders in Ricky’s hometown to get Miami’s take on how the rumors will affect his career and see what his own streets are saying about the buzz. Turns out, the talk is nothing new in the MIA.

“People have been saying he was a C.O. in Miami since he came out,” said Ali Muhammad, the publisher of 21st Century Hustle magazine who also manages DJ ChipMan, a pioneering Miami street DJ. Apparently the pictures weren’t anything new either. “Everyone had knowledge of those pictures here in Miami,” said femcee Jacki-O, who has been accused of leaking the photos, which she vehemently denies. “Everyone knew of his past job or whatever.” Regardless of who knew before, the world knows now. But some don’t think it’ll have any affect on the Trill rapper’s career.

“People forgot about R. Kelly,” Muhammad pointed out. “As long as Ross keeps making hot records that people want to listen to it’s not going to matter. It’s only a core group of people who will be saying he’s not real but most will like him for his music.” Though it will inevitably matter to some, TJ Chapman – a Florida DJ who is not from Miami, but is famous for breaking Southern rap tracks with his TJ’s DJ’s record pool – said he doesn’t see why it should. “It doesn’t change the person he is,” he said. “Whether or not he was a corrections officer from ’95 to ’97 and now it’s 2008. That’s 11 years, man.”

Miami radio personality DJ Irie knows Ross personally and said anyone who does is gonna ride with him. “He shows love to the people who have been supporting him,” Irie said. “He’s not one of these dudes who thinks he’s better than anybody else.” And who’s to say Rick’s raps aren’t real, even if his was a C.O.? “It’s very easy to be a correctional officer, and you in Miami, the cocaine capital of the world and you got all these big drug dealers locked up. They need a middle man,” TJ pointed out. “They still doing business on the streets, how do you know he wasn’t the connect? How do you know he didn’t get the connects from when he was working there to become who he is?” Whether the talk is true or not, everyone SOHH spoke with agreed, the rumors aren’t about to stop Rick. “He’s had an amazing year so far,” Irie said. “As long as he keeps doing what he’s doing, he’s gonna continue to rise and be a force to be reckoned with in the music industry.”